Air Namibia is pleased to announce and to inform its clients and stakeholders in totality that, the delivery dates for its two brand new Airbus A330-200 aircraft is drawing closer.

The first aircraft is expected to arrive in September 2013 and the second one to enter fleet in November 2013. The two A330-200 planes will be leased from Intrepid Aviation.

Mr. Michael Ngapurue, the Acting Managing Director of Air Namibia said that, “The Airbus A330-200 aircraft is ideal for Air Namibia’s operation and continues to be an economically efficient aircraft for airlines around the world. The two aircraft will be used primarily on Air Namibia’s long haul route, between Windhoek and Frankfurt.

Air Namibia‘s on-board hard‘ product (seats and Inflight Entertainment System) will improve significantly with the introduction of these planes, and will contribute to meeting customer needs more optimally, while giving Air Namibia lower cost operating cost advantages”.

The A330-200 planes will come in a seat configuration of 244 seats, of which 30 are in business class and 214 in the economy class. Business Class seats will be full flat, while all seats in the aircraft including economy class will have “video/audio on demand” with individual monitors for each passenger.